Ten Curious Boxing Quotes
“I never missed it a bit when I walked away from it. When people quit and go back, quit and go back, then they get hurt. Once you retire, stay that way. Don’t go back” —the late Andy Kendall
“I truly believe that if I be myself and do what I know I can do, it doesn’t matter what Pacquiao does, We’re just going to set the tone and the pace and win the fight that way, just win it outright without having to worry about Pacquiao.” —Chris Algieri
“This ain’t a movie. It’s a fight.” —Freddie Roach
He [Roy Jones Jr.] was “Oscar Peterson with Boxing Gloves”—Larry Merchant
“He’s got a big mouth.” –Marvelous Marvin Hagler on Tony Sibson
“I don’t know where he got that from, unless he’s just using it to psych himself up…All I’ve said was that I’m excited about fighting him because I think he’s the best middleweight…–Sibson, mystified by Hagler’s quote.
“I used to wonder what would happen if I fought my twin…Now I know.”Arturo Gatti
These days, with most writers who regularly cover fights working on websites that pay starvation rates, too many have to do it as a hobby, or for the insider thrill of being at ringside. The result is that too often they write not like professionals but like fans or volunteer publicists.”–Carlos Rotella, Boston College Director of American Studies
The Ring, like so many enterprises in the global economy, ended up a small piece of a much larger business network [GBP], and it wasn’t terribly important to the owners who controlled its destiny. –Ivan Goldman
And my favorite: Boxing, more than any other professional sport, is rife with conflicts of interest.”—Thomas Hauser 
“If you want loyalty, buy a dog.” Ricky Hatton
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